"It has been a really hard season in the NHL for me. No use
going if you can't add anything."

The world championship begins later this month.

The 33-year-old, whose NHL team Nashville was ousted
from the playoffs by San Jose, has been plagued by injuries in
recent years but was fit to play at the Turin Olympics in 2006
where he won his second Olympic gold with Sweden.

Forsberg, a two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Colorado
Avalanche, said he would decide this summer whether he might continue to play professionally.

"I have other things than playing the world championships to
think about ... I don't even know whether I will be playing ice
hockey next season," he told Aftonbladet.

"I will be here in Nashville until the middle of May, then
we will see what happens."